Posted: Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm. Filed in Features, WordPress.com.
Tags: Shuttle Project
New Login Page
Sense something different today? Well, if not, log out of your blog and log back in again. Wait! What’s that? A new login page!
Okay, let me explain. A long time ago, there were seven guys, including myself, who started a project named Shuttle. Shuttle’s mission was to redesign the WordPress back-end and it sort of happened, but it didn’t go as far as we wanted it to. One of my missions here is to see that Shuttle finally makes its debut in whatever form we as a team see fit.
The login page is the first step towards that. Remember, baby steps. 
This particular design was made by Michael Heilemann during the course of the project. I hope you like this little change, and be sure to expect lots of other changes to come.
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:50 pm
It’s the little things. Looks great!
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:51 pm
That is so sweet.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:01 pm
Very sleek looking, and a nice blue. I even logged out jsut to check it out.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Well… I´ve noted a minor bug when using Firefox (at least) with the portuguese language… If I mistake my first password, the next screen shows “The I forgot the password” (in portuguese) over the Enter button, getting it difficult or impossible to press… A issue related with the portuguese translation (thanks again for it!)
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Apart a minor bug with the portuguese translation (reported to support) I found the new design very cool and swift! Great design work!
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Refreshingly clean and simple.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:09 pm
I dont see nothing new on my login or dashboard…
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:17 pm
I LOVE IT. Looks greats and I love the blue.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Looks great! Very simple and fun. I’m looking forward to see what other changes lie ahead.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Pretty — but it took me a while to find it: I was using the login box on the homepage to wordpress.com.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Dude, that’s freaking hott. I love blue.
- The other Bryan
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Nice and neat!
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Really cool design. Keep up the good work.
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Looks nice, but there appears to be a slight color difference between the main page background, and the background just behind the login box background. Main page background is slightly blue, but behind the login box is a gray. Otherwise, it looks alright.
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Nice one. Is that why I had to re-login so that I’d get to see the nifty design
Probably just a coincidence! Keep up the good work.
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:38 pm
Nicer than the previous log in page
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Oooooh!
Very slick!
It seems to match the top navigation bar too.
Great work, team.
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:30 pm
This is nice, along with that new admin bar. I’d still like to see more themes for WP.com (not the narrow ones, but ones that make better use of screen real estate) and a quick blog stats link added to the admin bar. AJAX for blog stats through the admin bar would be cool. But all these are the little things, the crux of why I embrace WP.com is its fantastic backend and bandwidth capabilities
. So kudos to all of you!
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:32 pm
‘Tis purty
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:39 pm
Very nice! (although I kind of miss the bigger font
)
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Nice change xD
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:03 pm
It’s really good, I was like “Am I on the right page?” at first. Then I noticed the logo and stuff.
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:10 pm
Very nice, although I doubt it get much use. At least, from me.
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:11 pm
WordPress.com is getting prettier and prettier!
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:46 pm
If the WP-Admin can be styled as per what the Shuttle promised(via screencaps), WP will become one damn hot package!!!
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Cool.
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:50 pm
wow.. just lovin it..
too classy
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:53 pm
trés chic. j’adore!
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:54 pm
It is rather beautiful. I bet it would look better if I had a 19 inch flat panel Mac monitor, but it’s still nice on my 15 inch beige beast.
Good work.
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:16 pm
The new login page is really nice. so much more aesthetically pleasing than the older one well all know of. You guys at wordpress are always doing everything you can to keep our blogging experience on of the best on the net, thanks so much!
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Nice update and great design. Thx!
August 4th, 2006 at 1:32 am
Is the login page ‘www.wordpress.com’??? because mine is exactly the same as it has always been.
August 4th, 2006 at 1:41 am
For you guys who can’t find the login page, it’s the per-blog login. Here’s an example:
http://wordpress.com/wp-login.php
The login page on the front page is still the best one to use.
August 4th, 2006 at 2:16 am
Agreed. Sorry for my n00bness in not realizing that.
August 4th, 2006 at 3:53 am
I want that dashboard!
August 4th, 2006 at 3:55 am
Love the design so much I’ve placed it on my own blog for everyone to see.
Thanks Matt for the direct login link.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:25 am
very cool looking feature, you people just keep on getting better…and this coming from a total noob!!!
August 4th, 2006 at 4:29 am
Yeah, I noticed it. It’s neat.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:48 am
I was pleasantly surprised. It looks very nice. Keep up the good work!
August 4th, 2006 at 4:51 am
You can thank the good timing of the firefox update to me seeing the login page. For some reason when firefox updated and restarted it made me login to my blog again.
It surprised me, but looked nice. Honestly, the login page doesn’t matter to me. I am more interested in the admin console like you described. I hope you take some thoughts from the Tiger Admin plugin.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:51 am
Looks great.
August 4th, 2006 at 5:02 am
The Shuttle project looks wicked. Can’t wait to see it build up to its crescendo.
August 4th, 2006 at 5:12 am
Blue is good, but the older login page was better.. Clean & white … The only problem with the old login page was the HUGE font..
August 4th, 2006 at 5:59 am
It looks so like Vista
August 4th, 2006 at 6:45 am
We can only hope that Vista is as straightforward as WordPress. meh.
August 4th, 2006 at 6:47 am
We can only hope Vista will be as elegantly straightforward as WordPress. meh.
August 4th, 2006 at 6:51 am
The new design is great
.
August 4th, 2006 at 8:02 am
Looks ravishing
August 4th, 2006 at 9:25 am
finally! “Shuttle” takes off! wewt!
August 4th, 2006 at 10:07 am
I love it!
August 4th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Very groovy!
August 4th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
My cookie had expired, so at the login page… my first thought was: Wow! Shuttle is finally happening!
Just wondering if we’ll see this in WP 2.1?
Good work guys!
August 4th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
良いと思います。
August 4th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
Good job! I wrote about it as soon as I found it
August 4th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Lee: Yes, I just submitted it to be included in 2.1. Hopefully that won’t be the only thing that’s included.
August 4th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Neet.
August 7th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Definitely love it. Looks more aqua like.
August 7th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
it’s great..
very beatifull
January 4th, 2007 at 7:57 am
looks good
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Looks great.
November 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
It looks good